Comments on: BMW outmanoeuvres Audi

By: VDub Fan

VDub Fan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:08:07 +0000

The mother of all arguements.
The m3 isn’t better than the RS4 because it isn’t as much better as it’s supposed to be. One and a half years was what it took for BMW’s “M” division to come up with a RS4 beater. BMW is a bunch of no ballsees that can only sit back and wait for ring leader Audi to come up with the milestone before they can see what they need to beat.
The reason BMW didn’t reply on the “Come play then” advert of Audi is because they can’t argue with the history. Rally. Touring cars. Le Mans. Lets hope Audi doesn’t start driving F1 because what would BMW do then. I do admire “M” Beemers. But no matter how many times I try to think that BMW might be better, that history lesson pops up and all is forgotten. “Can’t” wait for the BMW that will compete with the R8 (predictable; only reason they won’t build it). If anyone ever says that quattro is 4-wheel drive they don’t know what they are talking about.
I would have the M3 as I love track cars, But the RS4 is “Better”

By: VDub Fan

VDub Fan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:56:25 +0000

Clarkosn???

You are a smart one…

By: Stealth Auto

Stealth Auto — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:53:22 +0000

These two Billboards are within two blocks of our work.
Great to see Some good old fashioned Juggernaut Marketing. In all honesty I would rather have the BMW M3 as it is nice and very promising. Audi has come a long way with their development and range of various parts and options, but I have the BMW heart so I can’t lean towards the dark side yet.
Great article, glad to see I wasn’t the only one who caught this.

-Stealth Auto Team

By: Ezz

Ezz — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:11:58 +0000

By BM: Duck this form of advertising is prevalent in the states,one brand comparing against another .Australia just doesn’t do much of it.

Yeah…seems below the belt when companies mention other makes. Holden attempted this with their Captiva…trying to compare the diesel’s fuel economy to the Ford Territory’s. Don’t worry that the Ford is bigger and not even in the same class.

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By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:36:50 +0000

Liam, you are right but then the Golf nameplate has been around for so many years, its no wonder they have sold so many. Part of the problem with VW, Audi and certainly Mercedes is that they are manufactured to be disposable cars. In Europe and parts of Asia, it is very dificult to continualy register cars after 4 or 5 years. However here and the US, we expect to buy a car and run it indefinately. However this does not excuse the appalling quality and high number of recalls these “prestige” makers have had over the past 5 years. Even VW’s chief has appologised for the Golf’s quality. Then you add that DSG gearbox that costs an earth to service. I mean really, $250 just for oil every 60’000 k’s PLUS the cost to service it!

By: Andronicus

Andronicus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:17:05 +0000

Snap!

Whoever came up with that idea at Audi will be a bit quiet today I think. Kudos for SM BMW for fighting fire with a god-damn inferno.

And yes, I’ll have the M3 thanks very much.

By: Duck

Duck — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:16:02 +0000

We should BM! It would be cool!

By: Masteraal

Masteraal — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:28:30 +0000

Who cares about RS4…bring on the RS5!

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:35:56 +0000

@ eh179driver:

Haha, Volkswagens must have rubbish reliability, that probably explains why they have only sold 27 million Golfs. If they were any good they would have sold 40 million I guess. Not to mention that three of the top selling cars of all time (inc the Golf) are Volkswagens (Passat and Beetle being the other two).

I know they’re not perfect, but the two Golfs I have owned have been pretty much faultless. And, let’s face it, if you’re selling the volume of product that VAG sells worldwide there is likely to be a few c0ck ups in there.

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:30:16 +0000

Moreover, how on earth is simply mentioning another product name in an ad breaching copyright?

You’d even have a hard case trying to land an infringement of trade mark case I would have thought (which offers way more protection than basic copyright).